Hair curler



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A. c. HEATHCOTE HAIR CURLER Filed Sent. 20. 1922 ow N E mm m 14 TTOH/VEVS Patented Aug. 14, 1923.

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ANNA C. HEATHCOTE, OF CHICAGOgILLINOIS.

HAIR CURLER.

Application filed September 20, 1922. Serial No. 589,423.

To all who m it may concern 7 Be it known that I, ANNA C. HEATHOOTE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hair Curlers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in hair curlers, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a hair curler of the type described which may be used a multiplicity of times, with but little wear thereto.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described by means of which the hair may be curled or waved without the application of heat.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described that is extremely simple in construction, that is easily, applied, and thoroughly practical commercially.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of 'an embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is a view of the mechanism illustrated in Figure 1 applied to the hair, first position,

- Figure 3 is a view of the mechanism illustrated in Figure 1,v applied to the hair, second position.

Figure 4 is a view of a modified application of the device,

Figure 5 is a sectional View along the line 5-5 of Figure 1 enlarged, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the stems shown along the line 6-6 of Figure 1.

' In carrying out my invention I make use of a flexible-wire 1 that is bent back upon itself as indicated at 2 to form a U-shaped member having its opposite ends 3 and 4 extending substantially to the same plane. The wire 1 is entirely covered by a woven fabric 5 or other suitable coverlng.

The end portions 3 and 4 of the curler are next dipped in a solution of a flexible cementatious material such as soft rubber or the like to form a coating or tip 6 on the end portions 3 and 4. This cementatious substance is put through a solidifying process such as drying so as to leave a flexible solid coating. The opposite end of the curler is then dipped in a solution of the cementatious substance for about one-fourth of its length and a like coating 7 is applied which virtually makes a solid, flexible portion of the upper ends of the bent portions of the wire 1. This is clearly shown in Figure 1.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the parts of the device, the operation thereof will be readily understood. My hair curling device is intended for use primarily when the user is asleep, thus the device may be applied at night beforeretiring and when removed in the morning,

will have successfully completed its function. In applying the device, a lock of hair such as indicated at 8 is placed between the diverging stem portions 9 and 10 of the de vice as shown in Figure 2. The end portions 3 and 4 are then manually grasped .and twisted one about the other. This operation will cause the lock 8 to be tightly grasped between the stem portions 9 and 10 of the device as is clearly shown in Figure? The next operation is that of rolling the hair tightly about the device, using the device as a drum upon which the hair is wound.

en a sufficient amount of the hair has been wound upon the device, that is, the extent of the portion to be curled, the webbed portion 7 and the outer end portions 3 and 4 are bent back upon the main portion of the device as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3. This effectually prevents thehair which is wound upon the device from uncurling, and the device is left in this position for a given length of time, ordinarily during the hours in which the user is sleeping and when the device is removed the hair is found to be effectually and evenly curled.

In Figure 4, I have shown a modified application of the device which consists merely in applying the device and twisting the stem portions 9 and 10 once and subsequently bending the tip of the stem portions and the web portions 7 back upon the hair,

as shown in Figure 4. This be used where desired.

It should b understood that while I have here described the device as being conapplication may structed out of certain definite materials,

such as the flexible woven cover of the wire 1, and rubber. as the cementatious flexible material, that other materials may serve equally as well which possess similar .pr0perties to the materials herein described.

I claim:

A hair curler of the character described comprising a relatively short flexible nonresilient body member having a pair of adjacent relatively long and substantially round flexible non-resilient stem portions arranged to receive a lock of hair therebetween, whereby the end portions may be twisted about one another to grip the hair tightly in the curler, said stems having enlarged portions adjacent their outer ends to prevent the unintentional twisting of said stems out of engagement with one another.

ANNA .C. HEATHCOTE. 

